A Commission to Study Overseas Activities of the Federal Government: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, First Session. June 11, 12, and August 2, 1951 |
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... fact , most of the departments now dealing with overseas activities will recommend that little be done . Any purely ... facts of our experience , not only upon a part . The studies which have been conducted by the executive branch or a ...
... fact , most of the departments now dealing with overseas activities will recommend that little be done . Any purely ... facts of our experience , not only upon a part . The studies which have been conducted by the executive branch or a ...
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... fact that it has not been released , even to Con- gress , indicates that it might not solve the problem . We have been informed that this report is not all embracing from an economic as well as administrative standpoint - and that ...
... fact that it has not been released , even to Con- gress , indicates that it might not solve the problem . We have been informed that this report is not all embracing from an economic as well as administrative standpoint - and that ...
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... fact that the legislative branch must participate in the conduct of our overseas operations is repeatedly em- phasized in the Commission's Report on Foreign Affairs . For example , it states : " Finally , congressional participation in ...
... fact that the legislative branch must participate in the conduct of our overseas operations is repeatedly em- phasized in the Commission's Report on Foreign Affairs . For example , it states : " Finally , congressional participation in ...
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... fact that private groups have employees , in addition to the Federal Government , there are many in lands more or less dominated by the United States , including Venezuela where the biggest business is the United States oil business ...
... fact that private groups have employees , in addition to the Federal Government , there are many in lands more or less dominated by the United States , including Venezuela where the biggest business is the United States oil business ...
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... fact your own committee sent a subcommittee to Europe . That was a purely congressional study ; nevertheless no reports were approved or published . The President appointed Gordon Gray , former Under Secretary and then Secretary of the ...
... fact your own committee sent a subcommittee to Europe . That was a purely congressional study ; nevertheless no reports were approved or published . The President appointed Gordon Gray , former Under Secretary and then Secretary of the ...
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administration of overseas agency American appointed billion Brookings Institution Brookings report BROWNSON Chairman CHURCH Citizens Committee Committee on Expenditures concerned Congress with respect coordination countries course create a commission CURTIS DAVID Dawson deal Department of Commerce Director DORN economic executive branch Executive Departments fact Federal Government Federal Relations feel FINAN foreign affairs foreign aid functions GASKIN Gordon Gray Gray report HENDERSON LANHAM Hoover Commission House of Representatives interested International Organizations investigation labor Latin America legislation matter MCCORMICK ment military mission mittee National Grange over-all overseas activities overseas administration Overseas Affairs overseas operations Panama Canal Zone Panamanian personnel point 4 program POLLOCK President problem proposed question recommendations Relations With International Republic of Panama request responsibility Rockefeller report SANDERS Secretary SAWYER Senate committee situation staff statement Territories thing tion United States Government W. J. BRYAN DORN Washington
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Page 2 - Governor thereof. Such committee shall confer with and advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to all determinations made and regulations adopted by him pursuant to subsection (a). The members of the committee shall select a chairman from among their number. Any vacancy in the committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The members of the committee...
Page 2 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman...
Page 2 - Commission deems advisable. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or any subcommittee or members thereof.
Page 2 - Commission, and shall appoint, in accordance with the civil service laws, such officers, agents, attorneys, and employees as it deems necessary to assist it in the performance of its functions and to fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 2 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 10. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission or, on the authorization, of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places...
Page 1 - ... appointed by the President of the Senate, four Members of the HOuse of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, and four persons in the executive branch of the Government appointed by the President. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The members of the Commission shall serve without additional compensation by reason of such membership, but they shall be allowed and paid their necessary...
Page 1 - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created a commission to be known as the...
Page 6 - ... administration, we are making no definite recommendation for reorganization since we feel that this complicated problem requires further detailed study before any definite conclusions can be reached as to the most effective organizational arrangement.
Page 60 - DC to undertake a study of the administration of foreign affairs and overseas operations of the United States Government.
Page 2 - Act, hold such hearings and sit and act as such times and places, administer such oaths, and require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and documents as the Commission or such subcommittee or member may deem advisable. Subpenas...